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Profil

Calvin is a partner in Reed Smith’s Singapore office. He is one of very few practitioners in Asia who has been repeatedly recognized by pre-eminent legal directories for his expertise in two distinct practice areas: internal investigations, and international arbitration (and related litigation). While based in Singapore for the past seven years, he previously practiced for many years in New York, London and Hong Kong at two other leading international law firms. He also worked for a prominent international arbitrator, Jan Paulsson, in Paris.

Calvin has been recognized by Euromoney’s Expert Guides as a “Rising Star” in white collar crime. He leads a specialist cross-border anti-corruption and fraud investigations team in Singapore that covers the Asia-Pacific region. This team is ranked in Chambers Asia Pacific, which cites a client as having said: "I would recommend them above all others in the field. They are without equal in their commitment to service, quality of service and local expertise here in the PRC." In the course of his career, he has led and handled more than eighty-five investigations. While many of these investigations are China-related, Calvin also has led internal investigations and regulatory enforcement and compliance matters relating to India, Singapore, Indonesia, the Philippines, and Korea.

Calvin has also been recognized as a leading international arbitration lawyer. Chambers Global and Chambers Asia Pacific have cited his “substantial arbitration experience,” “combination of commercial and investor-state arbitration expertise,” “considerable international experience” and “keen cross-border expertise”. He has also been recognized for his arbitration expertise in The Legal 500, Euromoney’s “Guide to the World’s Leading Experts in Commercial Arbitration”, Euromoney’s Expert Guides as a “Rising Star” in international commercial arbitration, Benchmark Litigation: Asia Pacific as a “local disputes star” in international arbitration, and Global Arbitration Review as “a name to know”. Best Lawyers has also repeatedly recognized him in the ‘Arbitration and Mediation’ category.

Additionally, he has significant experience handling complex multi-jurisdictional litigation, as well as U.S. litigation matters involving Asia (including depositions and complex discovery issues).